E A S 
— Earwigs and fnails feldotn infe£r timber. Mortimer 
By way of reproach, a whifperer ; a prying informer. 
E AR'WJTNE.SS, f. One who attefts, or can atteft, 
any thing as heard by himlelf.—-All prefent were made 
earwitnejfcs, even of each particular branch of a common 
indictment. Hooker .—The hiftories of mankind, written by 
eye or carwitmJJ'es, are built upon this principle. Watts. 
EAR'WORT, See Hed.yotis. 
EASE,y: \_aiji , Fr.J Qmet; reft; undifturbed tran. 
quillity ; not folicitude : 
The prieft on (kins of off’ring takes his eafe, 
And nightly vifions in his fiumber fees. Dryden, 
Freedom from pain ; a neutral ftate between pain and 
pleafure.—That which we call eafe is only an indolency, 
or a freedom from pain. L'EJlrange .—Reft after labour. 
Intermillion of labour.—Give yourfelves eafe from the- 
fatigue of waiting. Swift. —Facility; not difficulty : 
Following with eaje , if favour’d by thy fate, 
Thou art foredoom’d to view the Stygian ftate. Dryden. 
Unconftraint; freedom from harfhnefs, formality, forced 
behaviour, or conceits: 
True eafe in writing comes from art, not chance ; 
As thofe move eafieft who have learn’d to dance. Pope. 
At EASE. In a ftate of undifturbed leifure ; without 
pain ; without anxiety.—No body is under an obligation 
to know every thing: knowledge and fcience in general 
is the bufinefs of thofe who are at eafe and leifure. Locke. 
To EASE, v. a. To free from’pain.—Help and eafe 
children the beft you can ; but by no means bemoan 
them. Locke .—To afluage; to mitigate; to alleviate.— 
Thy father made our yoke grievous, now therefore eafe 
thou fomewhat the grievous fervitude. 2 Chron. 
Will he for facrifice our forrows eafe? 
And can our tears reverfe his firm decrees > Prior. 
To relieve from labour, or any thing offends; with of 
before the thing.—I will eafe me of my own adverfaries. 
Ifaiak, i. 24.—No body feels pain that he wifhes not to 
be eafed of, with a defire equal to that pain, and infepa- 
rable from it. Locke. 
EA'SEFUL, adj. Quiet; peaceable; fit for reft : 
I fpy a black, fufpicious, threat’ning, cloud, 
That will encounter with our glorious fun, 
Ere he attains his eafefuL weftern bed. Shakefpcare. 
EA'SEL, f. [of efel , Tent, an afs.J The frame on 
which artifts place their canvafs to paint on. 
E A'SEI.-PIECES, f. Pieces done on the eafel, diftin- 
guilhed from thole that are drawn on walls and ceilings. 
EA'SEMENT,yi Afliftance; fupport; relief from ex¬ 
igences.—He has the advantage of a free lodging, and 
borne other eafements. Swift. 
EA'SEMENT, f. in law, a fervice or convenience, 
which one neighbour hath of another, by charter or pre- 
feription, without profit; as a way through his land, a 
drain or link, &c. A perfon may prefenbe to an eafe- 
ment in the freehold of another, as belonging to forne 
ancient houfe, or to land : and a way over the land of an¬ 
other, a gate-way, water-courfe, or wafhing-place, on 
another’s grotind, may be claimed by prefeription as eale- 
ments. But a multitude of perfons cannot prefcribe; 
though for an eafement they may plead cuftoin. Cro.Jac. 
J70. To allege an eafement by confuevit only, is the beft 
way : and things of necelfity ihall not be extinguilhed 
by unity of polleflion ; but a way of eafe may be thus 
extinguilhed. Lit. Abr. 496. 
EA'SILY, adv. Without difficulty.—Sounds move 
fwiftly, and at great diftance; but they require a me¬ 
dium well difpoled, and their tranfmilfion is eafily (lop¬ 
ped. Bacon. 
She alk’d the reafon of his woe : 
She alk’d, but with an air. and mien 
That made it eafily forefeen 
She fear’d too much to know. Prior, 
Vql. VI. No. 344. 
E AS m 
Without pain ; without difturbance ; in tranquillity.—Is 
it not to bid defiance to all mankind to condemn their 
univerfal opinions and defigns, if, inftead of palling your 
life as well and eafily , you refolve to pafs it as ill and as 
miferable as you can f Temple. —Readily ; without re- 
ludtance : 
Not boon provok’d, file eafily forgives 
And much Ihc fuffers, as Hie much believes, Piior. 
EA'SINESS,y. Freedom from difficulty.— Eafnefs and 
difficulty are relative terms, and relate to fome power; 
and a thing may.be difficult to a weak man, which yet 
may be eafy to the fame perfon, when affifted with a 
greater ftrength. Tillotfon. 
Believe me, friends, loud tumults are not laid 
With half the eafnefs that they are rais’d. Ben Jonfon. 
Flexibility; compliance; readinefs ; not oppofition; not 
reluctance. — Since the cuftom of eafnefs to alter and • 
change laws is fo evil, no doubt but to bear a tolerable 
fore is better than to venture on a dangerous remedy. 
Hooker. —The fafeft way to fecure honefty is to lay the 
foundation of it early in liberality, and an eafnefs to part 
with to others whatever they have or like themfelves. 
Locke. — Freedom from conftraint; not effort; not for¬ 
mality : 
Abftrufe and myftic thoughts you mud exprefs 
With painful care, but feeming eafnefs; 
For truth (hines brighteft through the plained: drefs. Rofc. 
Reft ; tranquillity ; eafe ; freedom from pain.—-I think 
the reafon I have alligned hath a great intereft in that 
reft and eafnefs we enjoy when alleep. Ray. 
EASK, a lake of Ireland, iti the county of Donegal: 
four miles north-eaft of Donegal. 
EAST,/! [eopt, Sax. keos, Erfe.] One of the four 
cardinal points of the world. The quarter where tire lun 
rifes: oppolite to the wef. The regions in the eaftern 
parts of the world : 
I would not be the villain that thou think’ft 
For the whole fpace that’s in the tyrant’s grafp. 
And the rich caft to boot. Shakcfptare „ 
The gorgeous eaf , with richeft hand, 
Pours on her kings barbaric, pearl and gold. Milton. 
EAST-BETHLEHEM, a townlhip of the American 
States, in Wafiiington county, Pennfylvania. 
EAST-BOURN, a fmall town in the county of Suffex, 
pleafantly lituated on the fea lhore, and much frequented 
for fea-bathing : diftant from Brighton, twenty miles; 
fixteen from Lewes, and fixty-four from London. A few' 
years ago a Roman bath, and a beautiful telfelated pave¬ 
ment, were difeovered here, with evident marks that 
whatever buildings had been over it had been deftroyed 
by fire. Here the profpeCts are beautiful, commanding 
an extenfive view of the wilds of Suffex, which Ikirt the 
South Downs ; and of the numerous flocks of South-down 
fheep which decorate and enrich thofe alpine paftures. 
Here alfo are taken in the proper feafon, July and Auguft, 
large flights of wheatears, a mod delicate bird; decoyed 
on the downs where they flock by the Ihepherds, who cut 
the earth out like a Roman T, the hole is covered with 
the turf, the grafly fide downwards, and under it are two 
horfe-hair noofes; the birds are fo timorous, that upon 
the approach even of a cloud, they run into thefe cavi¬ 
ties, and are'taken. Two miles diftant from Eaft-Borrn 
is a decoy where a great number of wild-fowl refort and 
are taken. Here is a free-fehool for fifteen boys; and two 
annual fairs, viz. October 10, and March 11. NearEaft- 
Bourn is Beachy-Head, celebrated in hiftory for the fttt- 
pendous heights of its cliffs. 
E AST-CHESTER, a townftiip of the American States, 
in Weft-Cheftercounty, New-York, on Long-Ifland Sound, 
about eight miles fouth-weft of Rye, five northerly of 
Weft-Chefter, and feventeen north-eaft of New-York. It 
contains 740 inhabitants, of whom 106 are ele&ors. 
3 K EAST- 
